The Mean Man's Party 小氣鬼宴客
The notorious cheap skate finally decided to have a party, explaining to a friend how to find his apartment, he said,
一個出了名的小氣鬼終于決議要請一次客了。他在向一個朋儕詮釋怎么找到他家時說
"Come up to 5M and ring the doorbell with your elbow When the door open, push with your foot"
“你上到五樓找中間誰人門然后用你的胳膊肘按門鈴。門開了之后再用你的腳把門推開。
"Why use my elbow and foot"
“為什么要用我的肘和腳呢?”
"Well, gosh," was the reply, "You're noting empty-hangded, are you"
“你的雙手得拿禮物啊。天哪你總不會空著手來吧?”小氣鬼回覆。
1.notorious
adj.臭名昭著的;臭名遠揚的;聲名狼藉的;惡名昭著
eg:The country is notorious for its appalling prison conditions.
這個國家因監獄狀況惡劣而臭名遠揚。
2.explain to
explain可以用作及物動詞,也可用作不及物動詞。及物動詞的用法為 explain to sb sth 或 explain sth to sb。即它不能直接跟雙賓語,在表人的間接賓語前,總有一個介詞to。
eg:Could you explain to me what that means?
你能解釋下這意味著什么?
3.elbow
elbow這個單詞可以做可數名詞(肘部,扶手),可做及物動詞(擠進,用肘推),也可做不及物動詞(用肘推著前進)
有一個我們大家熟知的短語和elbow有關:
eg:Elbow grease gives the best polish
只要功夫深,鐵杵磨成針